Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium

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The American Medical Association (AMA) Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium (renamed the ChangeMedEd Consortium in 2023 [1] ) is a collaborative established to reform and innovate medical education in the United States. [2] Founded by Susan Skochelak in 2013, the consortium is a network of medical schools, residency programs, and organizations dedicated to transforming medical education to reduce barriers to lifelong learning, advance health equity, and improve patient outcomes. [2]

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Background

The AMA launched the Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium as part of its Accelerating Change in Medical Education Initiative in response to the need for significant changes in undergraduate medical education. [3] Traditional undergraduate medical training methods were seen as inadequate in addressing the rapidly evolving demands of the health care environment, including advancements in medical technology, shifts in patient demographics, and changes in health care delivery systems. [4]

First cohort of members

The first members of the consortium were the 11 medical schools that the AMA awarded $1 million 5-year grants to in 2013. [5] These schools were:

Consortium expansion

In 2015 the AMA issued another call for grant applications, and in 2016, 21 medical schools received $75,000 three-year grants and joined the Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium. [6] The 21 schools joining the consortium in 2016 were:

Innovation grants

In 2018, the AMA launched the AMA Innovation Grant Program. [7] This program provided one-year grants of $10,000 or $30,000 for medical education institutions developing projects incorporating innovative curricula, assessments, and evaluation techniques. [7] Quite of few of the applicants to and recipients of these grants were at institutions that were already members of the Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium. If the grant recipient was at an institution that was not a member of the consortium, the institution was added to the consortium. This led to the consortium growing from 32 schools to 37 schools and adding the following institutions:

Reimagining Residency Initiative

In 2019, the AMA announced that it was shifting its focus to innovation in graduate medical education and once again expanding the Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium to include representation from entities with oversight of graduate medical education. [8] Eleven projects received $1.8 million 6-year grants to transform residency training to best address workplace needs of our current and future health care system. [8] The Reimagining Residency Projects are: [8]

Outputs of the consortium

Health systems science

Health systems science — a foundational platform and framework for the study and understanding of how care is delivered, how health professionals work together to deliver that care, and how the health system can improve patient care and health care delivery — [9] is one of several medical education innovations that has emerged from the work of the Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium. [10] It has become one of the three pillars of medical education along with the basic and clinical sciences. [11]

Master adaptive learner

The master adaptive learner concept also emerged from the work of the Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium. [12] In American medical education, this term refers to a framework designed to prepare U.S. medical students, residents, and medical practitioners to continually adapt and respond to the rapidly evolving landscape of medical knowledge and practice. [13] This concept emphasizes the importance of lifelong learning, self-regulation, and adaptability, enabling health professionals to provide high-quality care in an ever-changing environment. [12]

Coaching in medical education

The consortium has been one of the main advocates of incorporating coaching into medical education. [3] Academic coaches evaluate the performance of medical students via review of objective assessments, assisting the student to identify needs and create a plan to achieve these, and helping the student be accountable. [14] Coaches help students improve their own self-monitoring, while fostering the idea that coaching will benefit them throughout their medical careers. [15] The consortium hosts the Coaching Implementation Workshop, which is held annually in Chicago, [16] [17] and created the book, Coaching in Medical Education, which was published by Elsevier April 2022. [15] Coaching has expanded to graduate medical education. [18] [17]

Impact

Almost one-fifth of all U.S. MD- and DO-granting medical schools are represented in the consortium. [2] In the first 5 years (2013–2018), the consortium medical schools delivered innovative educational experiences to approximately 19,000 medical students, who provide a potential 33 million patient care visits annually. [2]

Maintaining the consortium during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis

When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in the U.S. in March 2020, [19] the AMA staff reduced the workload of consortium members while trying to maintain the sense of community. [20] The convenings that did happen in 2020 and 2021 were all virtual and served as an opportunity for AMA staff and consortium members to connect and support one another during the disruptive and challenging time for those in the health care community. AMA staff developed a four-phase model that guided their work during the pandemic. [20] It included assessing needs, mining experts, convening people, and generating products. [20]

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